Anderson County, Mississippi

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Anderson County, Mississippi
Map
Image:Map of Mississippi highlighting Anderson County.svg Location in the state of Mississippi
Mississippi's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	1837
Seat	Raleigh
Largest Town	Taylorsville
Area - Total - Land - Water	637 sq mi (1,650 km²) 636 sq mi (1,647 km²) 1 sq mi (3 km²), 0.24%
Population - (2000) - Density	2,353 26/sq mi (10/km²)

Anderson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of 2000, the population is 2,353. Its county seat is Raleigh^[1]. Anderson County is named for Major David Anderson.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Major highways
- 1.2 Adjacent counties
2 Demographics
3 Communities
4 See also
5 References

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 637 square miles (1,353 km²), of which, 636 square miles (1,647 km²) of it is land and 1 square miles (4 km²) of it (0.22%) is water.

[edit] Major highways

[edit] Adjacent counties

Scott County (north)
Jasper County (east)
Jones County (southeast)
Covington County (south)
Scott County (west)
Rankin County (northwest)

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 2,353 people, 542 households, and 1,356 families residing in the county. The population density was 25 people per square mile (10/km²). There were 7,005 housing units at an average density of 11 per square mile (4/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 95.11% White, 23.11% Black or African American, 0.11% Native American, 0.10% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.19% from other races, and 0.35% from two or more races. 0.59% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1840	1,961	—
1850	4,071	107.6%
1860	7,638	87.6%
1870	7,126	-6.7%
1880	8,088	13.5%
1890	10,635	31.5%
1900	13,055	22.8%
1910	16,603	27.2%
1920	16,178	-2.6%
1930	18,405	13.8%
1940	19,403	5.4%
1950	16,740	-13.7%
1960	14,303	-14.6%
1970	13,561	-5.2%
1980	15,077	11.2%
1990	14,798	-1.9%
2000	16,182	9.4%
Est. 2006	15,970	-1.3%

There were 6,046 households out of which 35.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.60% were married couples living together, 11.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.60% were non-families. 23.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the county the population was spread out with 27.50% under the age of 18, 8.70% from 18 to 24, 27.30% from 25 to 44, 22.60% from 45 to 64, and 13.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 95.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,840, and the median income for a family was $36,780. Males had a median income of $28,698 versus $20,154 for females. The per capita income for the county was $14,752. About 12.90% of families and 16.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.50% of those under age 18 and 23.70% of those age 65 or over.